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        <p>prints — 
      Prints at init-time using a printf() style syntax.
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        <h2>Description</h2>
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      Prints at init-time using a printf() style syntax.
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        <h2>Syntax</h2>
        <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>prints</strong></span> "string" [, kval1] [, kval2] [...]</pre>
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>"string"</em></span> -- the text string to be printed. Can be up to 8192 characters and must be in double quotes.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>kval1, kval2, ...</em></span> (optional) -- The k-rate values to be printed. These are specified in <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="quote">“<span class="quote">string</span>”</span></em></span> with the standard C value specifier (%f, %d, etc.) in the order given. Use 0 for those which are not used.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>prints</em></span> is similar to the <span class="emphasis"><em>printks</em></span> opcode except it operates at init-time instead of k-rate. For more information about output formatting, please look at <a class="link" href="printks.html" title="printks"><em class="citetitle">printks's documentation</em></a>.
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      Here is an example of the prints opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/prints.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">prints.csd</em></a>.

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            <strong>Example 655. Example of the prints opcode.</strong>
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            <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p>
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<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
<span class="comment">; Audio out   Audio in</span>
-odac           -iadc    <span class="comment">;;;RT audio I/O</span>
<span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="comment">; -o prints.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsInstruments&gt;</span>

<span class="op">/</span><span class="op">*</span> Written by Matt Ingalls, edited by Kevin Conder. <span class="op">*</span><span class="op">/</span>
<span class="comment">; Initialize the global variables.</span>
<span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">kr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 4410
<span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 10
<span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 1

<span class="comment">; Instrument #1.</span>
<span class="oblock">instr</span> 1
  <span class="comment">; Init-time print.</span>
  <span class="opc">prints</span> "<span class="op">%</span>2.3f\\t<span class="op">%</span>!<span class="op">%</span>!<span class="op">%</span>!<span class="op">%</span>!<span class="op">%</span>!<span class="op">%</span>!semicolons! <span class="op">%</span><span class="op">%</span>\\n", 1234.56789
<span class="oblock">endin</span>


<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsInstruments&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsScore&gt;</span>

/* Written by Matt Ingalls, edited by Kevin Conder. */
<span class="comment">; Play instrument #1.</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 0.004


<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
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      Its output should include a line like this:

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1234.568        ;;;;;;semicolons!
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        <h2>See Also</h2>
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      <a class="link" href="printks.html" title="printks"><em class="citetitle">printks</em></a>
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            <td>Author: Matt Ingalls</td>
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            <td>January 2003</td>
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